Listed Building record MDO14565 - Old Schoolhouse, Trent

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 260 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (23) Old School House, over ½ m. E. of the church, was built in 1678. The front has two ranges of stonemullioned windows with labels; the doorway has moulded jambs and segmental arch in a square head with a label; the door has moulded ribs forming three panels; over the doorway was formerly an inscription recording the building and endowing of the school by will of John Young in 1678. There are other original windows on the N. and W. Inside the building are three original fireplaces with moulded jambs and four-centred arches in square heads.’

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